Jim Hubbard Blogs

I am dipping my digital brush into ABSTRA CT ART. It is not as easy as it appears. 

Since Christmas of 2014 I have fallen 17 times. In hospitals and rehab centers. Finally a Dr. Williams, who was somehow involved in a procedure discovered I had a condition causing low blood pressure when I stand. I now take a medicine called p 

The next day, it was Wednesday evening before I approached my colored pencils. I wasn't happy with the second session. Then I thought back to past discouragements. I worked through them. But, most of my victories were conquering ACRYLICS! Few art... 

Just enjoy my tiger 

I have spent the past year building my site. As I stated in my bio I have mostly settled on Pencil (regular graphite-often a regular Ticonderoga 2B pencil). They have the same exact quality for every pencil. I have become rather expert in using vari... 

No animal collection would be complete without a giraffe 

Zebras are hard to draw. Here is my attempt 

I had a dupytrens contractor operated on by Dr. Cynthia Harding. She collects Rhinoceras memorabilia. Here is what I presented to her. 

My son asked if I could draw a water buffalo.  

For no particular reason, I decided to draw animals. Here is my first drawing 

I decided to do some glamour portraits. Looked up some photos and using photoshop and graphite pencil, this is the results. 

It's Friday, January 24th. So, here is what I accomplished. You be the judge. If you want to see my progress, or lack of progress, you be the judge, Go to my blog "Step-by-Step" . It's several blogs below. 

Boy was I ready to start using my new found medium...colored pencils..... !!! January 24th I began to realize that this new (to me) art form is powerful. I discovered some of the things I could do with erasers, combined with my new "best friend"... 

Thursday, January 23...the next day...I decided to continue with my journey. Once again that morning, I took up my colored pencils and after several hours I took another photo. To be honest I lost track of time ........my progress was obvious. I cou... 

Looking at the progress I had made earlier, I decided to continue. So after supper I took out my colored pencils and with enthusiasm continued. By 11:23 that evening I was exhausted and decided to quit. I was not happy with my progress, and thought... 

One of the questions I am asked continually by people seeing my drawings and paintings, " Your work is so detailed, how long did it take for you to do that painting or drawing?" I really never know the answer. I usually say something like, "Forty fi... 

The only visual artistic medium I have not explored is Colored Pencil. Here in The Villages, many artists have turned to them. I am now doing a few colored pencils and find it an interesting and challenging. Here is the second piece. I did a vers... 

I decided to depict a limb. It is number 11. The other ones were pitiful. I tried to make this as realistic as I could. For this reason it took an unusually long time to complete. My next drawing will be using Photoshop, in color for the background, ... 

This is a good example of what can be accomplished in Photoshop, using the art tools. It is my favorite way of working creating imaginary landscapes, still lifes. Just uploaded today. 

Winter Brook. Completely a figment of my imagination.Just uploaded today. 

I've been busy setting up the emails. As with everything in this website the establishment is complex, but doesn't disappear. If you have something to say you can communicate with a return blog, email me oldpaint@embarqmail.com I check my emails at l... 

On an average I add 2 plus pieces of art every week. I am not going to bother you with weekly emails, but I will send out new ones in a timely fashion.I am working on a very complex one the one you see here.This is the drawing 6 hours into depicting ...